Literature Quotes

I think mainly my devotion to horror comes from international horror movies and literature. Andy Muschietti
Think Horror Horror Movies Mainly Devotion Literature Movies International
Each person has a literature inside them. Anna Deavere Smith
Inside Person Literature Them Each
For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me. Anne Fadiman
Myself Me Learning People Way About Like Literature Who Enlarging
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. Anne Stevenson
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I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature. Anne Stevenson
Music Bach Shakespeare Remain Schubert Beethoven Austen Literature Jane Jane Austen Mozart Loyal
We will have a total chaos without books, literature, and library. Anne Waldman
Library Will Chaos Books Total Without Literature
Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you will find that women have often taken leading places - on the throne, in the battle-field, in politics, in literature, poetry, etc. Annie Besant
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The writer studies literature, not the world. Annie Dillard
World Writer Studies Literature
It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents. Anthony Horowitz
Parents Course Traditional Get Children Literature Rid
Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy. Antonio Tabucchi
Dreams Me Job Something Involves Literature Which Fantasy Desires
Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher. Antonio Tabucchi
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It would be hard to exaggerate Ernest Hemingway's influence over American literature, but his influence on our lives is probably larger still. Arthur Phillips
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The whole business of reading English Literature in two years, to know it in any reputable sense of the word - let alone your learning to write English - is, in short, impossible. Arthur Quiller-Couch
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When writing fantastical literature, your biggest problem is getting your audience to believe the fantastical elements of your story. Arthur Slade
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I think one of the saddest things that's happening to literature is that it's getting over-simplified by this diet of simple political ideas. Arundhati Roy
Simple Political Think Saddest Ideas Getting Diet Happening Literature Things
I have grown up on literature and mythological stories. They have fascinated me since childhood, and I believe every character that I portray on screen is an extension of my personality to some degree. That is why whatever role I play seems in my comfort zone. Ashish Sharma
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Literature is the immortality of speech. August Wilhelm von Schlegel
Immortality Literature Speech
I think the blues is the best literature that we as blacks have created since we've been here. I call it our 'sacred book.' What I've attempted to do is to mine that field, to mine those cultural ideas and attitudes and give them to my characters. August Wilson
Best Book Field Think Our Mine Those Characters Blacks Give Sacred Attempted Since Attitudes Ideas Call Been Cultural Blues Literature Them Created Here
No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes. Avi Arad
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I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. Azar Nafisi
Degree Finally Stayed Returned Islamic Islamic Republic Got Years Iran American Literature Republic American Literature English
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Barbara W. Tuchman
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When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical. Barbet Schroeder
You Somebody Matters Allegorical Whereas Literature Movies
I live on the Santa Monica Beach and bike up and down almost every day. I like exercise, and I like literature a lot and plays and things like that. Barry Barish
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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religion should not be a shield behind which we hide from the world but a driving force that inspires us to innovate and contribute to our surroundings. This is the true spirit of Islam. Basmah bint Saud
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I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere. Belva Lockwood
Politics Women Law Sex Men Wish Believe Virtue Everywhere Distinction More Had Trade Becoming Than Literature Modesty
My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his work, our family did several house swaps with L.A. families. It was a dreadfully daring thing to do in the early 1980s; there was no Internet, so you had no idea of what you were getting into. Ben Miller
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